Course

In an education system , a course of education is the school , university or vocational training for the respective qualification ( school leaving certificate , university qualification , vocational qualification ).

Examples: " Gymnasium course ", " Hauptschule course ", " Master's course course ", " Information technology assistant course ".

Usually, only the highest qualification of the entire course of education is named, a development through several levels of the education system is required (such as completion of the primary level / elementary school for further schools, or a school qualification for university entrance qualification; apprenticeship qualification or other professional qualification for a master craftsman's examination ). However, variants or special accesses are often mentioned (such as “secondary school leaving certificate ”, “ industrial mechanic training course at a vocational college ”).

See also

• Dual education
• Self-education

Web links

• Education Minister Conference: Basic Structure of the Education System in the Federal Republic of Germany - Diagram. (pdf) In: kmk.org. Secretariat of the Standing Conference of Education Ministers of the Federal Republic of Germany, August 15, 2020, p. 2 , accessed on August 15, 2020 (as of April 2019). 
• bildungssystem.at , Euroguidance Austria
• Berufslexikon , AMS; BerufsInformationsComputer , institute for industrial educational research - all vocational training courses in Austria

Individual evidence

1. ↑ OECD: Education at a Glance 2003 OECD Indicators: OECD Indicators . OECD Publishing, 2003, ISBN 978-92-64-01895-2 ( google.de [accessed February 22, 2018]).